POPULAR COFFEE SHOP & PATISSERIE IN WEST LOTHIAN

Super opportunity to acquire well established & TripAdvisor highly rated eatery with high volume of year-round regular & passing trade offering fresh & varied menu range including homemade cakes & cheesecakes from stylish & superbly fitted 12-cover parade premises on low rent on main road through charming waterside suburb. Comes with valuable inventory of equipment included & HUGE scope for deliveries & extended hours etc in excellent commercial location. Sensibly priced for quick genuine reluctant sale with early viewing strongly advised REF 2119

The subject premises occupy an outstanding and highly visible trading position among other independent operators, on the outskirts of the vibrant waterside town of Bo’ness, which lies with excellent access both to major road and motorway links (A904, A993, A706 and M9 junctions 3 and 4 etc.) and to the nearby centres of Falkirk (approximately 6.7 miles) and the world-class capital city of Edinburgh (approximately 17 miles) on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in the West Lothian region of the central lowlands of Scotland.

We are delighted to present this outstanding opportunity to acquire a thriving commercial proposition of exceptional quality and uncommon further potential, which we are confident you will agree represents genuine value.

This very well established and “TripAdvisor” highly rated discerning food lover’s paradise currently primarily offers a full and varied daytime menu of classic coffee shop favourites for the whole family.

The menu includes hearty full Scottish, American and Continental breakfasts, hot and cold snacks, sandwiches, wraps and paninis, light and full lunches and regularly changing “blackboard specials”, together with hot and cold beverages, including speciality coffees, and a wide selection of indulgent homemade cakes, including a superb choice of handmade cheesecakes.

All food is prepared freshly to order in its fully equipped commercial catering facilities employing the finest and freshest produce and served in the very pleasant surroundings of a small, but welcoming and attractively furnished in-house dining area which may accommodate up to twelve covers in style and comfort.

“Sorocha’s” also offers a popular takeaway service and would naturally furnish any enthusiastic purchaser with considerable scope for continued growth, not least with regard to the possible provision of local delivery services and to operating hugely extended hours in order to fully exploit year-round local and passing trade demand.

The business would also benefit greatly by adopting a far more vigorous marketing policy of its excellent existing facilities and services, particularly with reference to the possible introduction of online advertising and ordering and to further development of its social media presence, in order to improve upon the already high levels of turnover it is achieving in the hands of the current proprietor, with the aid only of a small, experienced and motivated team of two full-time staff who would be an asset to any purchaser, and we would unreservedly recommend a viewing.

Fitted to superb contemporary industry specifications throughout, these extremely well maintained, single-storey leasehold parade premises provide outstanding and highly functional internal business accommodation, which briefly comprises an inviting and recessed, glazed and single-fronted public entrance off the main A904 into a charming and welcoming in-house and takeaway customer service area with industrial non-slip flooring throughout for easy cleaning, feature spotlighting and stylish loose furnishings for approximately 12 internal dining covers.

The main public area also features a fully fitted, full-length food service counter with a large, glass- fronted and refrigerated, delicatessen-style food display and serve-over section, a separate, glass- fronted and refrigerated soft drinks display unit, electronic till/food ordering point and small open preparation area with modern coffee machine with coffee grinder and easy access through to the main, fully fitted and equipped commercial kitchen.

The main kitchen houses ample work surfaces, storage units, a fully equipped preparation/washing-up kitchen area and a full range of modern and well maintained, industry standard catering appliances, all of which we understand are to be included in the sale price and further details of which will be available upon request to any genuine interested parties.

The premises also incorporate a large general dry goods store with racking and back-up refrigerator storage units etc., with further ancillary accommodation consisting of all the usual washroom/WC facilities for staff and customers and separate doorway access to the rear.

The premises also enjoy the benefit of mains gas and electricity power supplies, in addition to the added security benefit of a full alarm system.

Externally:

Occupying an outstanding and highly visible trading position among other independent operators set back from the busy A904 through the well populated suburb of Grangepans on the outskirts of the waterside town of Bo’ness, to the front the premises are prominently signed and attractively presented and afford extensive and inviting display window space onto a small pavement trading area providing additional external dining covers in good weather, with unrestricted customer parking available locally.

The premises also enjoy the use of a private service yard area to the rear with separate access for deliveries.

The business is well fitted throughout and a valuable inventory of equipment is to be included in the sale price